KARACHI: Parts of Karachi on Monday heavy to moderate rainfall with Met Office forecasting that suburb areas of the city will receive downpour during evening hours, ARY NEWS reported.
According to details, the areas that witnessed heaving rainfall along with gusty winds included Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Saddar, Bin Qasim, Razzaqabad, Superhighway, Nooriabad, Kathore, Malir, Landhi, Korangi, Gulsitan-e-Jauhar, locality surrounding Karachi airport and other areas.
Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfraz said in the forecast made for the day that the weather will remain hot and humid and the temperatures could soar to 37C.
“The temperature will also remain hot tomorrow and there are chances of light to moderate rain in suburb areas of the city in evening hours,” he said, adding that the recent rain spell would only last until Tuesday.
Sardar Sarfaraz further shared that the hot temperature in the city could decline after next three days and sea breeze will start flowing from September 15. The Met Office, however, said that there are no chances of heavy rainfall in flood-hit areas of the province.
A previous report highlighted that the ongoing Monsoon spell has broken all records of the downpour in the city available with the met department since 1932.
According to details, it was 53-years-back in July 1967 when the city received 429 mm of rainfall in a month. The record has now been broken after the metropolis recorded 442 mm rainfall in the month of August 2020.
In 1967, 713 mm rain was recorded during the entire monsoon spell in the city, a record that is on the verge of being broken as 566 mm rainfall is recorded during the ongoing spell.
The city has already surpassed a record of most rains in an area of the city during a month three days back, when met officials recorded 345 mm rainfall at Faisal Base, breaking the 1984 record of 298 mm downpour at the same place.
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The met data shows that the ongoing spell broke the record of most rains in three spots in the city, with airport area receiving more than 262 mm rainfall, breaking the 42-year-old record of August 1979.
Masroor Base also recorded above 272 mm downpour in August, breaking a record of August 2007 of the most rains in the area.
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